Entertainment One To Produce NBC Limited Series ‘The Decalogue’

Entertainment One has come on board to produce The Decalogue, a limited series re-imagining of the celebrated Polish 10-part series by the late Oscar-nominated Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieslowski (Three Colors).

The 1989 original Dekalog, which Kieslowski co-wrote with his writing partner Kyzysztof Piesiewicz, was set in Poland and consisted of 10 one-hour films, each inspired by one of the Ten Commandments and each directed by Kieslowski. NBC’s adaptation is set in Boston and will similarly explore the moral and ethical issues that are central to the Ten Commandments. It is being written by Todd Ellis Kessler (The Good Wife). He executive produces along with Stephen McPherson via his Wonder Monkey banner as well as Debra Stasson and Beata Pisula.

eOne will distribute the series worldwide, with Carrie Stein, EVP of Global Productions; and Gerard Bocaccio, SVP US Scripted Development, overseeing for the studio.

Released just as democracy was starting to take hold, The Decalogue had a big influence on the first post-communism generation of filmmakers in Eastern Europe. It garnered a slew of international prizes, including the FIPRESCI Award at the Venice Film Festival, and has been named to the National Society of Film Critics’ list of 100 Essential Films.

WGN America has a similar Ten Commandments 10-part event series project, from producer Bruce Cohen, which is in pre-production. Coincidentally, NBC and WGA also both are working on Underground Railroad limited series/series projects.

9 Comments

Is everything worth complaining about now? There are other things to worry about.

Anonymous • on Feb 17, 2015 8:47 am

NBC? Get real

Jimmy • on Feb 17, 2015 10:07 am

Interesting idea that probably no one will watch.

AMC73 • on Feb 17, 2015 3:46 pm

It’s a ten part mini series that is like ten one hour art house films. Any attempt to remake it will ruin it. Network TV is not for contemplative philosophical fare. Not to mention that the original didn’t always agree with the commandments and sometimes completely criticized them. How’s that gonna fly in network TV in the US??

What’s next? A movie of the week remake of Blue starring Sienna Miller? Kieslowski movies are more than just plot and story. It’s a whole universe.

Anonymous • on Feb 18, 2015 8:45 am

Hey wake up. We can read. We can watch foreign films. We can watch TV and read at the same time. Newsflash – the words are in ENGLISH. Just like when you watch the news and there is a crawl at the bottom. You can read that, right? Then you can read and watch a program spoken in another language and understand.

Show the original. It was great. It was art.

Why should we settle for derivative crap????

Shawn • on Feb 18, 2015 11:56 am

Smart move – everything is timing.

Susan M • on Feb 24, 2015 6:10 pm

This has disaster written all over it. Say goodbye to NBC minis and limited series.